Variations in the C-unit of bedaquiline provides analogues with improved biology and pharmacology
作者:Hamish S. Sutherland、Amy S.T. Tong、Peter J. Choi、Adrian Blaser、Scott G. Franzblau、Christopher B. Cooper、Anna M. Upton、Manisha Lotlikar、William A. Denny、Brian D. Palmer
DOI:10.1016/j.bmc.2019.115213
日期:2020.1
Analogues of the anti-tuberculosis drug bedaquiline, bearing a 3,5-dimethoxy-4-pyridyl C-unit, retain high antibacterial potency yet exert less inhibition of the hERG potassium channel, in vitro, than the parent compound. Two of these analogues (TBAJ-587 and TBAJ-876) are now in preclinical development. The present study further explores structure-activity relationships across a range of related 3,5-disubstituted-4-pyridyl C-unit bedaquiline analogues of greatly varying lipophilicity (clogP from 8.16 to 1.89). This broader class shows similar properties to the 3,5-dimethoxy-4-pyridyl series, being substantially more potent in vitro and equally active in an in vivo (mouse) model than bedaquiline, while retaining a lower cardiovascular risk profile through greatly attenuated hERG inhibition.